#OTD in 1944 – Birth of entertainer and folk musician, Jim McCann.

05/03/2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

As a young man, McCann attended University College Dublin as a student of medicine, but became interested in folk music during a summer holiday in Birmingham in 1964. He began to perform in folk clubs in the area, and, upon his return to Dublin, he joined a group called the Ludlow Trio in 1965. In […]

#OTD in 1944 – Birth of entertainer and folk musician, Jim McCann.

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#OTD in 1944 – Death of entertainer and folk musician, Jim McCann.

05/03/2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

#OTD in 1944 – Birth of entertainer and folk musician, Jim McCann.

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#OTD in 1944 – Birth of entertainer and folk musician, Jim McCann.

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#OTD in 1836 – Birth of physician, professor and writer, George Sigerson, near Strabane, Co Tyrone.

11/01/2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

George Sigerson was a physician, scientist, writer, politician and poet. He was a leading light in the Irish Literary Revival of the late 19th century in Ireland. Sigerson was born at Holyhill just outside Strabane, Co Tyrone, the son of William and Nancy (née Neilson) Sigerson. He had three brothers James, John and William, […]

#OTD in 1944 – Birth of entertainer and folk musician, Jim McCann.

26/10/2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

#OTD in 1944 – Birth of entertainer and folk musician, Jim McCann.

05/03/2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

#OTD in 1836 – Birth of physician, professor and writer, George Sigerson, near Strabane, Co Tyrone.

11/01/2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

#OTD in 1927 – Birth of writer, Críostóir Ó Floinn in Limerick.

18/12/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Críostóir Ó Floinn has published over 50 works in Irish and English, including novels, plays, short stories, biography, 12 books of poetry and a three-volume autobiography. Educated at University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin, Ó Floinn gained much attention for his controversial 1966 play, Cóta Bán Chríost (lit. “The white coat of Christ”), […]

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